The international tournament “Open Leuven 2022”, held from November 10 to 13 in Leuven (Belgium), has ended. 184 players, including 4 grandmasters, took part in the tournament with a prize fund of about €4,125. According to the results of 7 rounds, the Ukrainian international master Platon Galperin won. Florian Kaszur is in second place. On…
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The international tournament “Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft Tegernsee”, held from November 5 to 13 in Gmund (Germany), has ended. 474 players, including 14 grandmasters, took part in the tournament with a prize fund of about €15,000. According to the results of 9 rounds, the German grandmaster Jan-Christian Schroeder won. Eltaj Safarli is in second place….
The international tournament “XVI FESTIVAL INT. XADREZ FIGUEIRA DA FOZ”, held from November 6 to 13 in Figueira da Foz (Portugal). 73 players, including 8 grandmasters, took part in the tournament with a prize fund of €4,000. According to the results of 9 rounds, Armenian grandmaster Karen Grigoryan won. Kevin Spraggett is in second place….
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich spoke about cheating in chess. “Cheating is really a problem. First of all, it concerns online, but there have been cases at the blackboard. We are seriously fighting it.” He also spoke about the investigation into the American grandmaster Hans Niemann. Earlier, world champion Magnus Carlsen starred in the Sinquefield Cup…
In Cagliari (Italy) the national chess championship among men has started. 12 people participate, among them L. Moroni, A. David, L. Lodici, F. Sonis, S. Brunello, D. Dvirny. Dates: from 12 to 23 NovemberSystem: 11 rounds, round-robinPrize fund: €16,000 (1st place – €3.500)Composition: 12 participants, 8 grandmasters Live broadcast of parties Official page
The tournament continues in Leuven (Belgium). O. Korneev, F. Kaszur, P. Galperin and S. Gijsen are in the lead – 4,5 points each. Dates: from 10 to 13 NovemberSystem: Swiss, 7 roundsPrize fund: €4125 (1st place — €1000)Composition: 184 participants, 4 grandmasters Standings after the 5th round Official page
Round-robin tournaments continue in New York (USA). After the 7th round, Korley Kassa leads the GM A group tournament with 4.5 points R. Kevlishvili, N. Chasin and A. Ostrovskiy are half a point behind.In the GM B tournament, M. Paragua leads by 5,5 points. T. Adewumi, D. Khamrakulov and F. Mandizha scored one point less….
The chess festival continues in Figueira da Foz (Portugal). Before the final round, K. Grigoryan is in the lead – 6.5. K. Spraggett, R. Barski, L. Galego and S. Del Rio De Angelis are half a point behind. Dates: from 6 to 13 NovemberSystem: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: €4,000 (1st place – €1,200)Composition: 73 participants,…
The 25th International Open Championship of Bavaria in Gmund continues. Before the final round, E. Safarli, A. Korobov, J-K. Schroeder, V. Sanal, G.N. Gopal, F. Langheinrich, D. Vocaturo, S. Halkias, L-D. Nisipeanu are in the lead – 6.5. Dates: from 5 to 13 NovemberSystem: Swiss, 9 roundsPrize fund: about €15,000 (1st place €2500)Composition: 474 participants,…
On November 10-11, the first qualifying tournament within the Speed Chess Championship was held.On Thursday, a tournament was held according to the Swiss system, from where 8 chess players entered the knockout tournament.Knockout format: 2 games of 5+1, 4 games of 3+1 and 8 games of 1+1.In the quarterfinals, Le Tuan Minh defeated Maxim Chigaev…